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| Composer | Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy |
| Year | 1875 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BordeauxCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Evan Rogister; Emmanuelle Bastet; Opéra National de Bordeaux; Tim Northam; Véronique Seymat; François Thouret; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
BudapestBizet: Carmen
Bizet: Carmen
Gábor Hontvári; Calixto Bieito; Hungarian State Opera; Flores Tarres Ildefonso; Mercè Paloma; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
RigaCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Mārtiņš Ozoliņš; Marie-Ève Signeyrole; Latvian National Opera; Fabien Teigné; Yashi; Latvian National Opera Orchestra; Latvian National Opera Choir
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Thaddeus Strassberger directs a tough love Carmen in Los Angeles
LA Opera’s new season opens with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen, conducted by new Music Director Domingo Hindoyan, but the spectacular effects detract from the drama.
An excellent new Carmen in Adelaide
First class home grown cast in Laura Hansford’s excellent production of for the State Opera of South Australia proves there's still life in this old operatic warhorse.
Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala
Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.
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ParisCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Sir Mark Elder; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Alfons Flores; Mercè Paloma; Alberto Rodríguez Vega; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
SalzburgCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Teodor Currentzis; Gabriela Carrizo; Christof Hetzer; Tom Visser; Utopia
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Bachtrack top ten: Georges Bizet
If Georges Bizet had written only Carmen, he would still have earned his place in classical music’s Hall of Fame, yet there is much more to this composer who died tragically young.
Bachtrack top ten: cynics, stalkers and obsessives
Flowers, wine and serenades not doing it for you on Valentine's Day? Then we prescribe a dose of our cynics playlist, which should cure you of all romantic thoughts... at least for an hour or so.
Du Messie à Carmen : les défis d'Adèle Charvet
Rencontre avec une des mezzos françaises les plus talentueuses du moment, sur qui les projecteurs ont été braqués suite à son sauvetage in extremis d’un Messie compromis par la défection inopinée du contre-ténor...